US Capitol police: shooting an 'isolated incident'

Chief of US Capitol police Kim Dine tells reporters that a woman driving a
black Infiniti with a young child inside tried to ram through a White House
barricade, then led police on a chase that ended in gunfire outside the
Capitol.

10:36PM BST 03 Oct 2013

A woman driving a black Lexus with a young child in the car tried to ram through a White House barricade on Thursday, then led police on a chase that ended in gunfire outside the Capitol, witnesses and officials said.

Tourists watched the shooting unfold on Constitution Avenue outside the Capitol as lawmakers inside debated how to end a government shutdown.

Police quickly locked down the entire complex for about an hour, and both houses of Congress went into recess.

The pursuit began when a car tried to ram a security barricade blocking the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, said the Chief of US Capitol Police Kim Dine.

Witnesses said at least 20 police cars chased the Lexus toward Capitol Hill, where the car crashed outside the Capitol.